Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 929 · Decided 17 September 2007
Pratibha v. Rameshwari Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 929 · [2007] 9 S.C.R. 1038
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1242/2007
- Decided
- 17 September 2007
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 406; CrPC Section 482, 173(2); Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
v. RAMESHWARI DEVI AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 17, 200T B (A.KMATHURANDTARUNCHATIERJEE,JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : s. 482~lnherent Power of High Court-Jn quashing FIR-Scope and C ambit of-Held : Power. u!s 482 has to be exercised sparingly and in the rarest of rare cases-While exercising such and 482-Jnvestigation Report-Direction of High Court to file the same before it-Jn exercise of its power u!s 482 Cr.P.C.::_Held: Such direction is beyond the power of High Court-Such Report has to be forwarded to the concerned Magistate. Court Proceedings-Civil vis-a-vis Criminal
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